February 14, 200719 yr OK...I can resist no longer.....After reading pages and pages and pages of doom, the only thing going through my head is REM's "It's the End of The World as We Know It". :lol:
February 14, 200719 yr I don't think the attendance at Rupp is hurting without your presence. But I have heard a lot of complaints about the longterm fans sitting in the bottom arena on their bottoms with an arrogance that it is beneath them to actually stand and cheer against these lesser programs. Maybe we need to get rid of more of those long-term fans that have been attending at Rupp for years and years and then we will really have an arena that gives the boys a homecourt advantage with the student body on the sidelines and endzones. So now let's blame the old blue-hairs that sit in lower arena...I don't care how many students you put in Rupp, Morriss is NOT going to play defense and Bradley is still going to make silly turnovers that will cost the Cats games. Yeah, let's blame the fans...Whatever we do, don't blame the coaching staff.
February 14, 200719 yr So now let's blame the old blue-hairs that sit in lower arena...I don't care how many students you put in Rupp, Morriss is NOT going to play defense and Bradley is still going to make silly turnovers that will cost the Cats games. Yeah, let's blame the fans...Whatever we do, don't blame the coaching staff. A lot more than a few Bradley turnovers cost us the game. He played well for a good portion of the game and helped us claw our way back.
February 14, 200719 yr You guys can try to rationalize all you want to...The fact is. Kentucky basketball is on a down hill slide and if you can't see it, you're blind! So being 3 years removed from accomplishing something never accomplished in the SEC is a downhill slide??? I guess 19-0 regular season and the SEC tourney should just magically happen every season. Awfully short memory... Since in your opinion it is the coach who is at fault. Who do you propose as a solution???
February 14, 200719 yr So being 3 years removed from accomplishing something never accomplished in the SEC is a downhill slide??? I guess 19-0 regular season and the SEC tourney should just magically happen every season. Awfully short memory... Since in your opinion it is the coach who is at fault. Who do you propose as a solution??? Did I say it was the "coaches" fault??? I think not. I just made a sarcastic remark because some will even blame the fans before the "coaching staff"...It just amazes me.
February 14, 200719 yr So now let's blame the old blue-hairs that sit in lower arena...I don't care how many students you put in Rupp, Morriss is NOT going to play defense and Bradley is still going to make silly turnovers that will cost the Cats games. Yeah, let's blame the fans...Whatever we do, don't blame the coaching staff. I don't know you tell me??? Seems that is what you are inferring...
February 14, 200719 yr So being 3 years removed from accomplishing something never accomplished in the SEC is a downhill slide??? I guess 19-0 regular season and the SEC tourney should just magically happen every season. Awfully short memory... Since in your opinion it is the coach who is at fault. Who do you propose as a solution??? Who did the 96' team lose to in the SEC?
February 14, 200719 yr Who did the 96' team lose to in the SEC? Mississppi State in the finals of the SEC tourney.
February 14, 200719 yr I am extremely rational. I have been a season ticket holder for 20 years. My expectation is to be amongst the top ten every season and competing for a national championship. I do realize though that there are going to be years where UK does not meet that expectation. Unlike the others I do not go off the deep end and claim the sky is falling after every loss. Unlike the others I consider the 2005 season a success (28-6) even though we lost to Michigan State in the regional final. Unlike others I consider the 2004 season a success (27-5) even though we ran into a buzz saw in UAB. Unlike others I consider the 2003 season a success (32-4; 16-0 in the SEC) even though we lost in the regional final to Marquette. Last season was the first season I thought was a disappointment in the last 5 years. It remains to be seen if this season will be a success or not. We shall see. The seasons mentioned are hardly, to use your term, Gaylord Fockeresque or anything approaching mediocrity... A coach who wins 77% of the games his team plays in is far from mediocre... Nice Post!
February 14, 200719 yr Quotes from the SKINPIG: You Tubby guys must see the trend, surely The buck stops with OTS After watching Tiresome Tubbyball Tubby is one recruit (T. Prince) away from turning UK into a middle of the pack Ho Hum team I think your posts make it clear what you think the problem is. Who is your solution?
February 14, 200719 yr I am extremely rational. I have been a season ticket holder for 20 years. My expectation is to be amongst the top ten every season and competing for a national championship. I do realize though that there are going to be years where UK does not meet that expectation. Unlike the others I do not go off the deep end and claim the sky is falling after every loss. Unlike the others I consider the 2005 season a success (28-6) even though we lost to Michigan State in the regional final. Unlike others I consider the 2004 season a success (27-5) even though we ran into a buzz saw in UAB. Unlike others I consider the 2003 season a success (32-4; 16-0 in the SEC) even though we lost in the regional final to Marquette. Last season was the first season I thought was a disappointment in the last 5 years. It remains to be seen if this season will be a success or not. We shall see. The seasons mentioned are hardly, to use your term, Gaylord Fockeresque or anything approaching mediocrity... A coach who wins 77% of the games his team plays in is far from mediocre... :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
February 14, 200719 yr I don't know you tell me??? Seems that is what you are inferring... Honestly, I like Tubby. I think he has the right stuff to run a program like UK's. I consider him a great defensive coach and a good motivator. I think he's a very good person with integrity and he's very trustworthy. I also think he has problems recruiting the right players for his system. There's too many projects warming the bench, too many players on the bench that have no reason to be dressed in the Blue & White. He has a staff that's not helping enough when it comes to offense and recruiting. If I had my druthers...I'd like to see Tubby fire his ENTIRE staff, hire a new one and be the coach of the Cats for years to come. I take Tubby as a man that will be loyal and listen to his staff...Those clowns ain't in Tubby's class. Get rid of 'em Tubb.
February 14, 200719 yr You nailed it Rickyp! Poll the long time fan that's watched the downfall of our beloved Cats and the biggest part of them will feel the same. I'd rather have the unhealthy passion back though...Watching our cats choke out loss after loss to lesser programs is getting old. Long time fan?:confused: :confused: Are you saying that you have only been a U.K. fan since the beginning of the Pitino years? If not then it sure does sound like it. If you only became a U.K. fan when Pitino arrived in Lexington then you are not a long time fan, just a note - basketball was played at U.K. and tradition established long before Pitino ever got there, he did not create U.K. basketball. If you were a fan in all the years before Pitino then I have misread your post and apologize. If not, then don't call yourself a long time fan unless you are only around 18yrs. old in which case you haven't been around that long.
February 14, 200719 yr Honestly, I like Tubby. I think he has the right stuff to run a program like UK's. I consider him a great defensive coach and a good motivator. I think he's a very good person with integrity and he's very trustworthy. I also think he has problems recruiting the right players for his system. There's too many projects warming the bench, too many players on the bench that have no reason to be dressed in the Blue & White. He has a staff that's not helping enough when it comes to offense and recruiting. If I had my druthers...I'd like to see Tubby fire his ENTIRE staff, hire a new one and be the coach of the Cats for years to come. I take Tubby as a man that will be loyal and listen to his staff...Those clowns ain't in Tubby's class. Get rid of 'em Tubb. This may be the first post of yours that I actually agree with some of it.:eek: I agree on Tubby needs to make changes in his staff, not all of them but imo Rigot and Hansen for sure. Tubby is a great defensive coach and has more class in his little finger than most will ever have or hope to have in a lifetime.
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